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rinsing, vbl. n.|ˈrɪnsɪŋ|
[f. rinse v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of the verb in various senses.
c1375Lay Folks Mass Bk. (MS. B) 576 When þo preste has rinsynge done, opon þi fete þou stonde vp sone. c1425St. Mary of Oignies i. viii. in Anglia VIII. 141/28 Whanne she toke wyne in þe rynshynge after þe sacrament. c1440Promp. Parv. 434/2 Ryyncynge (K.P. rynsinge of vessell), rigacio. 1613Shakes. Hen. VIII, i. i. 167 Th' enteruiew, That..like a glasse Did breake ith' wrenching. 1617Hieron Wks. II. 90 Such a rinsing and scouring Dauid prayed for. 1840R. Dana Bef. Mast xxx. 110 We..had a new supply of rain-water, in which we had a grand rinsing. 1873E. Spon Workshop Rec. Ser. i. 209/2 The rinsings after each operation should be thorough.
b. attrib., as rinsing appliance, rinsing machine, etc.
1683Moxon Mech. Exerc., Printing ii. ⁋1 The Lye-Trough and Rincing-Trough he places towards some corner of the Room. 1725Fam. Dict. s.v. Clear-starching, Pour a little of it into the rincing Water, then put your Hand into the rincing Water, and stir it about. 1827Faraday Chem. Manip. xx. 526 For soaking and rincing operations. 1839Ure Dict. Arts 1069 Rinsing Machine. 1884Health Exhib. Catal. 110/2 Bottle Washing, Brushing, and Rinsing Appliances.
2. The liquid or liquor with which anything has been rinsed out. Chiefly pl.
1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xxxii, The beadle..washed down the greasy morsel with the last rinsings of the pot of ale. 1860Dickens Uncomm. Trav. iii, A scum that was like the soapy rinsing of sooty chimneys. 1870[see rinse v. 2 b]. 1872Geo. Eliot Middlem. xxxix, The very pigs..in low spirits from feeding on a too meagre quality of rinsings.
fig.1822De Quincey Confessions 150 These were..the very dregs and rinsings of the human intellect. 1870Lowell Study Wind., Condesc. Foreigners, Being drenched with the rinsings of an unclean imagination. |